Jointing-machine.



J. CAVANAGH.

JOINTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.27. 1910.

1,150,89. Patented Aug. 24,1915.

UNTTED STATES PATENT QFFIQE.

JAMES CQVANAGH, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

JOINTING-MACHINE.

Patented'Aug. 24, 1915.

Application filed August 27, 1910. Serial No. 579,241.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES CAVANAGH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of f Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Jointing-Machines, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like reference characters on the drawings indicating like parts in the several shaving along the edge of the shank begin-.

ning a short distance forward of the breast and extending back to the breast, the plane of the cut generally making an obtuse angle with the plane of the shank, and then severing the shaving by a cut in the plane of the heelbreast substantially at right angles to the previous cut. tion neatly and quickly requires considerable skill.

It is the object of this invention to provide means whereby an unskilled operator may perform this operation with ease and accuracy and to this end is provided a belt knife, driven at high speed from any suitable source of power and provided with the necessary guides and guards so that a shoe may be readily placed in such predetermined positions with relation to the knife that the cuts described as incident to the hand operation may be made with despatch and without the exercise of any particular skill or attention on the part of the operator.

One feature of the present invention consists in means for positioning and guiding a shoe transversely of the knife to raise a jointing shaving along the edge of the shank portion of the. sole. As shown the knife is arranged for movement in the direction of its edge .tofacilitate the cutting operation, and the guiding means is arranged at an 55 angle to the plane of the operating portion To perform this operaof the knife and is made adjustable to vary the angle between the edge and bottom faces of the shank portion of the shoe sole. Preferably two guides are provided, one for use in treating each side of the shank, and the guides may, as shown, be arranged for simultaneous adjustment. Guards to protect the upper from the action of the knife are provided which may have acting faces reversely inclined to the knife with relation to the guides.

Another feature of the invention consists in a member for positioning and guiding the shoe in front of the knife with its heel breast substantially parallel to the plane of the knife and with the plane of the tread face of the shank of a shoe at an angle to the knife edge, whereby the edge of the shank is presented to the knife. The positioning member is provided with two oppositely inclined faces making oblique angles with the knife edge against which the shank is positioned alternately when operating upon the two opposite edges of'the shank. Preferably the positioning means is mounted for movement toward the knife edge whereby the shoe is guided to bring the edge of the shankinto operative relation to the knife. As shown the movement of the positioning and guiding member is against a spring which comes into action during the latter part of the cutting operation and warns the operator by the increased resistance offered that the end of the cut is being reached so that he will exercise caution in completing the cut and avoid cutting too deeply. Means 1s also provided adjacent to the guiding surfaces of the member for preventing movement of the shoe in response to the drag of the knife caused by its movement in the direction of its edge, and this means also limits sliding movement of the shoe over the guiding surface.

Another feature of the invention consists in the combination of a knife and two means 100 adjacent to the knife for use alternatively in guiding the shoe during separate cuts for effecting a jointing operation upon the shoe. Suitable guards are provided for the knife which expose the knife edge at the operating 105 and the guiding and positioning means may I50 ing for a pin to be used-as a wrench in ad-' ljusting'the screw. Theblook'18 carries a- -2tl1b-Shaft'26, upon' whi ch is, the idler 28 beadjacent to the breast faceof the heel.

be located upon the same run of the knife, which run is preferably arranged in a horizontal plane. By one of the separate cuts made by the machine a shaving is raised,

along the shank portion of the shoe sole, the shaving being attached to the sole at a page e other out is made in the plane of the heel breast or parallel thereto to separate the shaving from the sole. By the machine of the present invention these separate cuts may be made upon either side of the shoe and in any order.

These and other features of the invention will appear from the following description when read in connection with the accompanying drawing which represents one embodiment thereof and will be pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings :Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention; Fig. 2 represents the portion of a shoe operated upon by this device; Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic representation of the shoe and the operative parts of the jointing device for raising the shaving shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 4 is a representation of the shank portion of a shoe similar to Fig. 2 showing. the jointing shaving raised but not severed. Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic representation of the operation of severing the shaving.

As represented in Fig. 1, the numeral 1 designates the base of the machine upon the opposite ends of wh ch are standards carrying bearings for shafts 2. and 4, upon which are journaled wheels 6 and 8. About these wheels 6 and 8 passes a'belt knife 10 which is driven by a-pulley 12 on the shaft 2 driven from any suitable source of power by a belt 14. Between the wheels 6 and 8 is located a support 16 in the lower part of which is arranged a tension device for the belt knife, comprising a block 18 arranged for sliding adjustment in a slot 20 formed in the support 16 and held in position by a screw 22, threaded through block 18 and abutting against the support 16 at the top of slot 20. For convenience, the screw is provided with the thumb .nut 24,-which has the usual openzneathwhichthe belt knife passes. By this arrangement it isxobvious that thetension upon the belt "knifemay be regulated by ad- I justing the block 18fup.and down by means of'screw 22 and nut.24.

' Guard plates 30 and 32 are provided above the'baseof the machine to prevent any sha'vings or chip's-of leather from falling upon tical plane of the knifes path. The plate 30 extends from the upper edge of plate 32 obliquely upward under the upper run of the knife where it is fastened to the support 16 .to-cover the lower run of theknife,

- as may be seen best at the right-hand end of Fig. 1, and divert the chips away from the lower run. I

a The upper run of the belt knife passes cut is determined with the aid of mechanism now to be described and which is repreguard plate 36 secured to the support 16 is located above the knife and has portions cut away at 11, 11 to expose the knife 10. Upon this guard plate rests the upper guard 38 which, in order that the depth of cut may be varied, is adjustably secured by a screw 42 and a slot 44 to a yoke 46, secured to the main support 16. Also carried by the yoke 46 are sole resting and guiding plates'48 and 50 which. are held for adjustment about their lower edges by links52 connected to cars 54 on the underside of the plates and to a screw 56 which is threaded through a nut 58. This nut is held from vertical movement in the the plane of the shank. The course of this 7 sented in the left hand half of Fig. 1. The

support 16 and by rotating it the sole plates 48 and 50 may be simultaneously adjusted to various angles relatively to the knife 10. Adjacent to the plates 48 and '50 and beneath the same is located a stop 60 against which the breast of the heel abuts, when the jointing OlltIiS completed. l

The operation of the mechanism just described will be obvious froman inspection of F ig. f; in connection with Fig. 1. j

The shoe to be operated upon is..placed with its shank against the sole plate 48 and the shank edge against the portion of the knife between the base of the sole plate 48 and the upper guard 38, the knife edgebedistance from the breast of the heel. 'The shoe is now slid forward on the plate 48v While the knife 10 makes a cutalong the shank toward the heel breast, theoperation of the knife being limited by thebreast of the'heel comingin contact withtthe' s'top v60.

The shoe is now shifted, itsisliank placed in contact with the sole plate some the o eration repeated upon the other" side o the shankby sliding it against the portion ,of the belt knife between the base of 'the'sole plate 50 and the upper guard 40. Each'side vof the shoe is now in thecondition represented in Fig. 4 and it remains to remove the shavings now held to the shank on the opposite sides of the shoe by a portion of leather atthe point 5 of Fig. 4. This part of the operation is performed by mechanism to bedescribed.

Referring now to the right'hand side of Fig. 1, a continuation of the guard plate 36 attached to the support 16 projects forward over the knife covering the same except along its forward edge at 11 where it is cut away to expose a portion of the edge of the knife. Above the knife is a guide plate 68 which is supported for movement transversely of the knife. Upon the rear side of plate 68 is an upwardly turned flange which is secured to a rod 70 which passes through a-boss 72 extending from the rear side of the support 16. Within the boss 72 is a spring 74, the outer end of which rests against the boss and the inner against an enlargement 76 of the rod 70. By this means the plate 68 is forcedforward andresiliently held for back ward movement. The nut 7 8 upon the rod 70 forms an adjustable limiting stop for the forward movement of'the plate 68. The forward portion of the plate 68 is pointed to form guiding edges 82 and 84 which are preferably inclined to the knife edge at about the same angle that the plate 48 or 50 has to the plane of the knife, whereby the shank is positioned by said inclined edges substantially perpendicular tothe position in which it was guided by said plates 48, 50

. respectively and the shaving will be cut off clean.

- The mechanism just described 1s used for the removal of the shavings made by the previous operation. The shoe is placed with the breast of the heel resting against the under side of the plate 68, the support 16 being cut away to permit this presentation of the'heel under the knife 10, and with its shank resting against one of the forwardly inclined edges thereof, for example, the edge 82 preferably high enough on the inclined edge so that the shoe is out'of touch with the knife. At the rear ends the guide edges so- .soinewliat and as'the shoe slidinto this 82 and 84 are curved outwardly and forwardly to the points 83 and- 85. In these curve'd portions' the knife 10 is exposed curved portion the knife engages the shav- 7 ing vandcuts into it. Theshoeis then slid "not project forwar along this inclined edge until the portion of the knife exposed by the cut-away. portion of theknife guard 36 engages the shav ng and separates it. Afterthis the operation is repeated by sliding the shoe-along the other inclined edge 84 of guide68 unt lthe other shaving is detached by the knife in a similar manner. IfC,1 however, the knife does the shoe and guide transversely of.

. in the direction of travel of the knife.

far enough withrelation to the" guide to completely sever the 'jointing shaving, backward pressure upon theknife will move the guide plate against the spring 74 and allow action of the knife to the extent provided by the cut-away portion of the guard 36, thus insuring complete severance of the shaving. The curved or hooked portlons of the guide at 83 and 85 serve, moreover, to prevent displacement of the shoe The portions 83 and'85 engage about the edge of the shoe shank and prevent its following the drag of the moving knife. portions are provided upon both sides of the guard so that the knife may be driven in either direction. The guard plate 36 serves to support the guide 68 and to limit the depth of the cut made by the knife.

It will be noted that with the adjustment shown in Fig. 1 the initial cut for severing the shaving can be made without pressing back the guide 68. Preferably, however, the adjustment of the guide is such that the completion of the cut is effected only when pressure enough is applied to force the guide backward. By this arrangement the operator is warned, by the resistance of the guide, of the fact that the limit of the cut is being reached and he instinctively will then exercise the'caution needed to avoid cutting too deep. Moreover the increased pressure will serve to steady the shoe and will tend to insure that it is positioned squarely against the guide for making the cut at the angle for which the guide is designed.

It is, of course, obvious that either of the steps of the operation may be performed first; it may be found more convenient to make the cut in the plane of the heel breast first and then the jointing cut, the final result being the same in either case.

Other changes in manner of operation and in the design and arrangement of mechanical parts may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The following claims are designed to define the invention but are to be construed as limited in scope only by the state of the prior art.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure-by Letters Patent of the United States is v 1. In a machine of the class described, a knife, means for positioning a shoe with the plane of the shank at an acute angle to the plane of the knife, and for guiding its movement transversely of the knife whereby a shaving is raised along the edge of the shank toward the heel, and means for positioning the shoe with the plane of the shank at substantially right angles to said first position and guiding a shoe for movement transversely of the knife whereby the shaving formed by the first operation is removed.

These hooked 2. In a machine of the class described, a

transversely of the knife to j oint'the same. '3. In a machine of the class described, a

lmife, means for moving the knife longitudinally of its edge, means for guidinga shoe transversely of the knife to oint the'same, and other means associated with said lmife,

. to guide the shoe for the removal of the shavi ing resulting from the jointing operation,

4. In a machine of the class'described, a

knife, means for supporting the same for longitudinal movement, means for actuating the knife, guides inclined, to the plane in which the knife edge moves and along elther of which a shoe may be moved with its shank in contact with the knife edge, whereby a shaving will be raised along the edge of the shank to joint the shoe, and means to assist the operator in bringing the shoe to the knife edge for the removal of the jointing shaving.

5. In a machine "of the class described, a belt knife supported to provide three straight runs, adjustable guiding means arranged at an angle to one run of the knife. for engaging the shank of a shoe, guards for the shoe upper, and additional means for guiding the shoe with its heel breast substantially in the plane of the knife.

6. In a machine of the class described, a belt knife, means for supporting the knife with more than two straight runs, means for guiding a shoe to the knife to joint the same, means for guarding the upper and means for guiding the shoe transversely of the knife to remove the jointing shaving.

7. In amachine of the class described, an endless knife, means for tensioning the knife, means for guarding the knife except at operating points, and means for guiding a shoe adjacent the operating points first inone position and then in another to effect a jointing operation. y

8. In a machine of the class described, a knife blade, means for guarding the knife having provision for exposing the knife edge at operating points, and means adjacent to said operating points for use alternatively in guiding a shoe during successivecuts in effecting a jointing operation.

. 9. A machine for jointing shoes comprising a knife blade, means for supporting and guiding a shoe with its shank at an acute an gle to the knife, and means for supporting and guiding the shoe with its shank substantially perpendicular to the knife.

10. A machine for jointing shoes comprising a belt knife, pulleys arranged in triangular relation for supporting said knife, means for supporting and guiding a shoe with its shank at an acute angle to the knife, means guarding the upper from contact with the knife, andv means for supporting and guiding dicular w the knife.

the shoe-with its shank substantially perpen: v

, 11. Amachine forjointingshoescompfis i ing a belt knife, pulleys arranged in triangular relation and supporting said knife, one of said pu'lleys being power driven and one adjustably movable'outwardly of the space A I inclosedby the knife, me n fol-supporting and guiding'a'shoe with itsshank at an oblique. angle tothe knife, and means for supporting and guiding the shoe with its ating run of the knife.

' breast substantially in the plane of the oper 12. A machine forjointing shoes comprising a belt knife, pulleys arranged in triangular relation for supporting said lmife, means i for tensioning theknif'e, means for guiding a shoe for, movement relatively to the knife for trimming its sole, edge adjacent to the heel, and means for guiding movement of the shoe with its heel breast in substantially the plane of the knife, and means for guiding movement of the shoe with the lane of the- .plane of the knife for theremoval ofsaid trimming. a s 13. A jointing machine "for shoes comprising a longitudinally movable knife, means guiding a shoe for movement with ltS-lOXlgi-f tudinal axis substantially parallel to the ing a knife, means guiding a shoe forjmove ment with its heel breast substantiallyper:

penclicular to the plane of the knife, and"- additional means for guiding another movement of the shoe with the plane of the heel breast substantially parallel with the plane of the knife. 1 g I 15. In a machine of the class described, a knife, means for moving the knife with its operating portion'in ahorizontal plane, and means for guiding a shoe for movementrelatively tov the operating edge of theknife with its breast in a horizontal plane and also with its breast in a vertical plane.

16. In a machine of -the class described,

a knife, and means having facesvertically andhorizontallyinclined relatively to the knifeedge and acting to guide a shoe for movement transversely of the knife at one time against said vertically inclined faces with the breast face of its heel substantially I perpendicular to the plane of the knife andat another time against said horizontally inclined faces with the breast face of its heel substantially parallel with said lane.

17. In a machine of the class descri eia knife, means for guiding a shoe for movement transversely of the knife edge with its heel breast substantially perpendicular, to

the Plan f h knlfei and means-fol" 31iid' ing the shoe for movement transversely of said edge with its breast substantially par-allel to the plane of the knife.

18. In a jointing machine for shoes, a knife, a guard plate for said knife provided with notches to expose portions of the knife, guards for the Upper adjacent to the notches, and oppositely disposed guides one adjacent to each notch and inclined to the plane of the guards, said guides being movable about their lower ends and having adjustable supporting means for so moving them.

19. In a jointing machine for shoes, a knife, a guard for said knife having cutaway portions, a support for said guard having a boss, a guide, a stem on said guide passing through said boss whereby said guide is mounted for movement transversely of said knife and means for holding the guide normally in forward position.

20. In a jointing machine for shoes a knife, a guard plate for said knife having parts cutaway to expose portions of the knife, guards for the upper adjacent to two of the exposed portions, a support for said guards having a boss, a guide having in clined guide surfaces arran ed with the ends of its guide surfaces a jacent to another exposed portion of the knife, a stem on said guide passing through the boss on said guard support whereby said guide is mounted for movement transversely of said knife and means for holding the guide normally in forward position.

21. A machine of the class described, comprising a knife and a plurality of shoe positioning devices so arranged in different angular relations to the plane of action of the knife that a shoe may be positionedthereby relatively to the knife in one position of rotation about its longitudinal axis by one and then may be positioned by the other of said devices in the same position of rotation about said axis but with said axis at an angle to the first position thereof while the knife effects successive steps in an operation upon the same part of the shoe.

In a machine for ointing shoes, a knife, a guide having shoe shank engaging faces adapted for alternative use in jointing opposite edges of the shank and for this "iurpose being reversely inclined to the edge of the knife and means for. holding the guide yieldingly in a shoe receiving position with said inclined faces extending from the rear over in front of the knife.

23. In a machine for jointing shoes, a flat knife, and a guide for the shoe extending in a plane parallel to the knife and having a plurality of shoe engaging faces for alternative use which form oblique angles with the knife edge.

24. In a jointing machine, a knife, a guide for positioning the shoe for presentation to the knife in proper relation to raise a joint ing shaving and a guide having a different relation to the knife whereby it is adapted to position the shoe for the lmife to form a cut extending in a direction to sever said shavingfrom the shoe.

25. In a jointing machine, a knife, and a plurality of guides for presenting the shoe successively in the different relations to the knife required for performing the separate cuts of the herein described jointing operation.

26. In a jointing machine, a knife, guides for engaging the shank of a shoe and direct- 1ng it with the shank inclined to the knife and with either edge toward the knife, and means for simultaneously adjusting said guides to equal inclinations to the knife.

27. In a machine for jointing shoes, a fiat knife, and two shoe positioning means located adjacent to. different portions of the knife edge and angularly related to the plane of the knife differently one from the other for successive use in guiding a shoe in two different positions while performingthereupon the separate steps of the jointing operation.

28. In a machine for jointing shoes, a knife, means for moving the knife in the direction of its edge, a guide having a guiding surface oblique to the edge of the knife to engage the tread face of the shank of a shoe, and means adjacent to the guiding surface to engage the edge of the shoe shank and prevent movement of the shoe in the direction of movement of the knife.

29. In a machine forjointing shoes, a knife, means for moving the knife in the direction of its edge, a guide having guide surfaces obliquely inclined to the edge of the knife and adapted to engage at different times the tread face of the shank of a shoe, and means adjacent to theguide surfaces to prevent displacement of the shoe relatively to the guiding means by reason of the drag of the knife thereupon.

30. In a machine of the class described, a knife, means for moving the knife longitudinally of its edge, a guide for engaging the shank of the shoe and extending transversely of the knife edge, and means associated with the guide for preventing movement of the shoe in the direction of the movement of the knife.

31. In a machine of the class described, a knife having a straight edge, means for actuating the knife in the direction of its edge, guides located in planes making equal angles with the plane of the knife, and

means for simultaneously adjusting the inclination of the guides.

32. In a jointing machine, a knife having a width which permits it to enter the lateral curve ofa shoe shank and raise a shaving from the edge of the sole, and guides for the shoe shank having their guide surfaces arranged at an inclination to the plane of the knife to determine the inclination to the plane of the shank of the out made by having in combination, a knife and shoe guiding means cooperating. with the knife and arranged for use successively to position the shoe in two definite, acute angular relations to the knife for cuttingthe sole at the two edges of the shank .at opposite inclinations.

34. A machine for use in jointing shoes having, in combination, a knife, and shoe guiding means cooperating with the knife and arranged for use successively to position the shoe in predetermined opposed angular relations to different portions of said element for beveling successively the opposite edges of the tread face of the shank.

35. A machine for use in jointing shoes having, in combination, the fiat knife 10 and the two shoe shank guides 48 50, ar-

ranged at opposite inclinations to the knife to position the shoe at different times with the face of its shank at opposed inclinations to the knife for jointing the two edges of the shank successively.

36. A machine for use in jointing shoes having, in combination, a flat knife, shank guides arranged in predetermined opposed, angular relations to the plane of the knife to position the shoe for beveling the opposite edges of the tread face of the shank, and a guard cooperating with each guide to protect the hoe upper from the knife.

37. A machine for use in jointing shoes having, in combination, a knife having a straight operating portion, shank guides ar-' ranged in predetermined opposed, angular relations to the knife to position the shoeat different times for beveling the opposite edges of the tread face of the shank, guards for limiting the depth of cut of the knife, said guides being adjustable to varythe bevel at which the shank shall be cut and said guards being adjustable to change the depth of the cut.

38. A machine for use in jointing shoes having, in combination, a knife, shank guides arranged in predetermined, opposed, angular relations to the knife to position the shoe for beveling the opposite edges of the tread face of the shank, and means for simultaneously changing the angle which the two shank guides form with the knife. 39. A machine for use in jointing shoes having, in combination, almife, shoe guiding means arranged to position the shoe in two definitely different acute angular relations to the knife for cutting the Sole at the two edge's'of the shank, and a single breast gage cooperating with said knife and also with said guiding means in beveling each 'edge of the shank.

having, in combination, a knife, a shank guide inclined to the face of the knife and an upper guard having an acting face reversely inclined to the knife.

41. A machine for use in jointing'shoes having, in combination, a knife, a shank guide inclined to the face of the knife and an upper guard having an acting face reversely inclined to the knife, means to adjust the inclination of the guide and means to fix the guard in different positions of proximity to the guide.

42. A machine for use in jointing shoes having, in combination, a knife, shoe guiding means arranged to position the shoe in definite, acute angular relations to the knife for cutting the sole at the two edges of the shank, and additional shoe positioning devices arranged for adjustmentseparately to provide the same or different depths of bevel at the two sides of the shank.

43. A machine for use in jointing shoes having, in combination, a knife and a shoe positioning member projecting in front of the knife and presenting oppositely inclined, similar shoe resting faces inclined reversely to one another and to the edge of the knife and arranged to be used alternately in presenting' a shoe for cutting the two edges of its shank.

44. A machine for use in jointing shoes having, in combination, a knife and a shoe positioning member 68 having acting edges 82 84 forming an angular projection over a portion of the knife said edges being adapted for engagement alternatively and each to the exclusion of the other with the tread of the shank to guide the operator in forming similar incisions in the two edges of the shank.

45. A machine for use in jointing shoes having, in combination, a knife and a shoe positioning member projecting forwardly relatively to the knife and presenting a substantially continuous guiding face over which the'shoecan be moved from. an angular position to present one edge of the shoe bottom to the action of the knife into a different angular position to present the other edge of the shoe bottom to similar action by the knife.

46.'A machine for use in jointing shoes having, in combination, a knife'blade, and a shoe positioning member projecting across and in front of the knife edge and having oppositely inclined shoe resting faces over which to slide the shoe for cutting in opposite edges of the shank, and means to limit the sliding movement of the shoe over said faces.

' 47. A machine for use in jointing shoes having, in combination, a knife blade, and a shoe positioning member projecting across and in front of the knife edge and having a knife and means to limit movement of the shoe down said inclined edge.

48. A machine for use in jointing shoes having, in combination, a knife blade, and a shoe positioning member 68 having the shoe resting edge 82 inclined with relation to the edge of the knife and provided with the hook stop 83 to limit the movement of the shoe down said inclined edge.

49. A machine for use in jointing shoes having, in combination, a knife blade, anda shoe positioning member having a shoe resting edge inclined toward the edge of the knife and a stop to limit the position of the shoe on said edge, and means permitting displacement of the rest toward the knife for cutting the positioned shoe.

50. A machine for use in jointing shoes having, in combination, a knifeblade, means -for actuating said blade, a rest having a shoe supporting face oblique to the knife edge down which the shoe can slide into position to be cut in at the shank and means to limit such movement of the shoe and prevent displacement by the drag of the knife. 1

51. A machine for use in jointing shoes, having, in combination, a knife blade, a cover plate having a shoe positioning edge projecting in front of the knife, and a yielding mounting for said plate permitting movement thereof by the shoe previously positioned against said edge to effect a cutting in of the shoe at a predetermined angle.

52. A machine for use in jointing shoes,

having, in combination, a knife blade, a cover plate having a shoe positioning edge projecting in front of the knife, a yielding mounting for said plate permitting movement thereof by the shoe previously positioned against said edge to carry and guide the shoe into the path of the knife, and means to prevent displacement of the shoe in the direction of the knife movement.

53. In a machine of the class described, a belt knife having an upper, operative run and a lower run, and guards which extend from in front of the lower run of the knife obliquely upwardly and backwardly under the upper run of the knife into a position to divert waste coming from the operative run away from the other portions of the knife.

54:. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a knife to which the shoe is to be presented by the workman for making a slicing out in the shoe stock, of a guide arranged relatively to the knife to assist the operator in presenting the shoe properly and to expose a portion of the knife, and means holding the guide displaceably in a posit-ion to warn the workman by its resistance to movement by the work when the limit of the desired cut is being approached.

In a machine of the class described, the combination with a knife to which the shoe is to be presented by the workman for making a cut in the shoe stock, of a guide arranged relatively to the knife to assist the operator in presenting the shoe properly and to expose a portion of the knife suflicient to make the first part of the cut, and yielding means holding the guide so that an insuflicient portion of the knife is exposed to complete the cut, and allowing the cut to be completed when additional pressure is applied against the guide.

56. In a machine of the class described the combination with a knife, of one guide arranged relatively to the knife to assist in presenting the shank of the shoe to the knife to raise a shaving and a second guide ar ranged relatively to said knife to assist in a second presentation of the shoe to the knife with the shank substantially perpendicular to its'first position in order to cut off the shaving clearly.

57. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a knife, of two shoe guides arranged relatively to different parts of the knife edge and having operative faces severally arranged to assist in successive presentations of the shoe with its shank faces in planes substantially perpendicular to one another.

58. A machine of the class described comprising a frame, pulleys in triangular relation on said frame, a knife passing over said pulleys with the operating run horizontal, a back stop for the knife, and a work support mounted for movement at right angles to the operating run of the knife.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of I two subscribing witnesses.

It is hereby certifiedthat in Letters Patent No. 1,150,849, granted August- 24,

1915, upon the application of James Oavanagh, of Boston, Massachusetts, for an improvement in Jointing-Machines, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 7, line 93, claim 57, for the word faces read face; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of i the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 14th day of March, A. D., 1916.

[SEAL] J '1. NEWTON,

Acting ()ommissoner of Patents. 01. 12-85. 

